Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-04

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from two Sides Q, mercy.
GALENA's morality must be in a
terribly shattered condition if the
following, by writer of that place
in the Warren Sentinel, is any
where near correct:
"lt does seem as though the forces
of evil never take vacation, but
are always on the alert. We have
with us forty saloons in full blast,
but only eight churches, aud they
are running on half time In a walk
about the city on Saturday last we
saw more drunken 'uen than we had
seen IN one day since the Fourth of
July, and we fell to moralizing
thusly; This is IL Christian com
munlty; we are supposed to be
governed by law; and yet forty dead
falls are set fer the ia6orer, who
tolls IN the sun for the miserable
plttance of a dollar and a.half day;
he is made drunk, robbed of all he
has, hauled up before the police
court, fined for being drunk, and
sent TO the stone pile to work out
his dne, and the fact that he is SO
fined is noticed in our papers as a
meritorious act on the part of our
police. We sometimes wonder if
God really does reign, if Christian
ity i, not a farce, and law a humhug ?
sunday we took stroll along Bench
street; of the six Christian churches
on that thoroughfare three were
closed, aud the pastor of another
had secured a substitute. We have
no doubt that when the cheated
term" Is over all of them will be
open and the pastors will make
"Rome howp' for the benefit
of the poor heather six thou
sand miles away. One ittle fel.
low, who, by the way, is a foreign
er, and who embraced Christianity
since coming To the United States,
and who il now pastor Of a llttle
church on the hill, seems 20 grasp
the situation and boldly tackles 1t,
He breaches temperance at all times,
and takes with him, as he goes on
the streets, tracts, with appropriate
texts Of scripture, and gives them
10 the heathen az he meets them
Last week he handed one to an
alderman--it pointed the way to
Haven. The alderman thought ii
WAS "a ticket to Sells Bros. circus in
Dubuque, thanked the little pastor,
Dat SAID be thought he could not 90.
Another was handed 60 a lawy yer--
he supposed it was because he look
ed so heathenish. Tie noble little
pastor is DONG his best-but we
must stop this"
RumoG after rumor has been cir
culated about the railroad surveyors
until some of the faint hearted be
gan to lose faith in their ever max
ing their appearance, but at last
they have arrived with full force,
and are locating the route IN this
vicinity. They are at present neat
enough to the village so that they
are boarding here, and will have the
line located mp to this point soon.
They nave been three weeks com
ing from Bueua Vista, which shows
that they are making no trlillns or
preliminary survey. The three
rows Of stakes also tell the story
Argyte titus.
A TELEGRAM was received here
last Monday morning, by Mr.. j. Q.
Roberts from Silver Plume, Color
ado, announcing the death Of his
brother, Thomas l. Roberts, at that
place on Sunday morning, July 24th.
Deceased was about A. years Old
aud for many years was resident
OF Dodgevllie, where his mother,
sister aud brother still reside. Ills
mother, Mrs. John l.. Roberts, and
sister Miss Annie, took the evening
train for S4lver Pune the day they
received BE dispatch. Deceased
leaves a wife and five children TO
mourn his early death, who, with
his mother and other relatives, viii
receive the sincere sympathy OF
their many friends in their bereave-
meut.- Chrouicle.
WE have two second hand open
busgIes TO be sold cheap. Snail
also offer our new bnggIes at re
duced prices for the next 30 days,
10 reduce our stock.
3lw3 MARTIN y loAY.
TnoMrsoN DAY, Of Mineral Point
who mas been working in this ylcin.
ity this season, came 10 the village
Sunday, aud while helping some
friends catch "A horse which was
running loose, grasped the animal
by the tail and Immediately received
kick in the stomach which 1t is
feared may prove fatal, although at